Barely out, Portal RTX has already inspired modders to try RTX Remix on other great classics like Half Life 2 Where Max Payne.
As a reminder, RTX Remix (which is still in beta and requires registration to try it) is a new tool shared by NVIDIA allowing those with an eponymous graphics card to integrate ray tracing into old games. , to (re)discover them in a new light.
The modders are already getting to work
Modders never cease to impress us by revisiting old games to give them new beauty, such as adding 4K textures or optimizing lighting effects. The prospect of adding ray tracing effects to old, previously incompatible titles at no additional cost was therefore logically attractive to them.
Thus, Beyond3D users have already had fun with the RTX Remix tool to offer a first draft of remastering all in ray tracing on great classics such asHalf Life 2 or SWAT 4.
To achieve this integration, the maneuver seems relatively simple on paper. All that was needed was to add the .trex folder and the d3d9.dll, dxvk_d3d9.dll and NvRemixBridge32.dll files to the games EXE folder to let the magic work.
Great classics in a new light
And the magic definitely worked, as evidenced by the images and the video of SWAT 4 under RTX infusion below. Note that this is a first draft, modders still need time to familiarize themselves with the RTX Remix tool, still in beta.
NVIDIA has also slipped a warning note when using the tool, stating that its integration on titles other than Portal RTX may cause compatibility issues.
Whether Half Life 2 and SWAT 4 have proven to be rather malleable, other even older games are still resisting. This is particularly the case of Max Paynewhich Acoulte93 worked on.
On this monument of action games, some features of RTX Remix are indeed inaccessible, such as the AI Texture Super Resolution tool. At present, we must therefore be content with the textures of the time. But never mind, the preliminary results are already rather enticing.
Thus, even if RTX Remix is still in its infancy, the tool is already proving to be particularly convincing and will allow many modders to make us want to return to former big names in video games, under a completely different light.
Sources: Beyond3D, Acoulte 93 through Twitter
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